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Incident

FAA incident report · Amtr Lancair · Danville, IL · August 18, 1996

Date
August 18, 1996 · 18:16 local
Place
Danville, IL
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N124KM
Reported as
Amtr Lancair
Reported engine
Continental TSIOL550A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,600 total150 in this make and model60 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Narrative: on 8-18-96, at 1816 CDT, on an IFR flight from monroe, mi to st. louis, MO N124KM experienced a partial power loss, with the alternate air source light illuminated. The pilot stated he was level at 22,000 feet in IFR conditions and the outside temperature was 5 degree f. the pilot requested vectors to champaign, IL and landed at 1823 CDT without incident. Normal engine operation was restored passing through 14,000 feet. The flight was on an instrument flight plan and there were no injuries to the solo pilot. The pilot could not find any problem with the aircraft on the ground at champaign, IL. The alternate air door reset and the alternate air light went out normally. The flight was continued to st. louis, MO without further incident.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: ON 8-18-96, AT 1816 CDT, ON AN IFR FLIGHT FROM MONROE, MI TO ST. LOUIS, MO N124KM EXPERIENCED A PARTIAL POWER LOSS, WITH THE ALTERNATE AIR SOURCE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE PILOT STATED HE WAS LEVEL AT 22,000 FEET IN IFR CONDITIONS AND THE OUTSIDE TEMPERATURE WAS 5 DEGREE F. THE PILOT REQUESTED VECTORS TO CHAMPAIGN, IL AND LANDED AT 1823 CDT WITHOUT INCIDENT. NORMAL ENGINE OPERATION WAS RESTORED PASSING THROUGH 14,000 FEET. THE FLIGHT WAS ON AN INSTRUMENT FLIGHT PLAN AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE SOLO PILOT. THE PILOT COULD NOT FIND ANY PROBLEM WITH THE AIRCRAFT ON THE GROUND AT CHAMPAIGN, IL. THE ALTERNATE AIR DOOR RESET AND THE ALTERNATE AIR LIGHT WENT OUT NORMALLY. THE FLIGHT WAS CONTINUED TO ST. LOUIS, MO WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.